How did I get flagged?

Post by Xenotime

(I dont play in a PvP server, but since it involves pvp might as well post it here)

So look at me happy night elf when I am skinning some random Ravager in the border between Hellfire P and Zangar... WHEN suddendly I am flagged and some random Troll comes out of stealth and kills me...

I wasnt on pvp mode since I had been killing this ravagers for over 45 min since I logged in from the Draenei Inn north of it...

HOW DID I GET FLAGGED??!?!?!?

Post by Clopert

ways to get flagged:

1.enter horde territory2.enter contested territory3.enter a battleground4.attack an enemy player5.cast a buff or heal a friendly player who is flagged6. (not sure about this one) Duel someone who is flagged for pvp.7.bug

for you i think its either5 or 7.

Post by kindofabuzz

ways to get flagged:

1.enter horde territory2.enter contested territory3.enter a battleground4.attack an enemy player5.cast a buff or heal a friendly player who is flagged6. (not sure about this one) Duel someone who is flagged for pvp.7.bug

for you i think its either5 or 7.

regards to #6, no you cannot flag dueling a flagged person. used to be it would flag you but that changed awhile back.

Post by Shei77

i once got flagged without doing anything! i was a hunter lvl 47 and a warrior lvl ?? (lvl 70 cause of his gladiator set :P) stand near me! then he taunted my pet and he started attacking me!!! :S that was a wierd bug!

Post by Xenotime

ways to get flagged:

1.enter horde territory2.enter contested territory3.enter a battleground4.attack an enemy player5.cast a buff or heal a friendly player who is flagged6. (not sure about this one) Duel someone who is flagged for pvp.7.bug

for you i think its either5 or 7.

I would say 7, since hunters dont have a buffs for people outside their party (and I was soloing)...

Post by Topdecker

As a hunter, I have gotten flagged by getting too close to an enemy encampment. I got attacked by a guard and my pet, who was on defensive, counterattacked and this triggered the flag. All I was trying to do was run away, but I noticed the flag and hid until it cleared.

Post by GnomeThumper

If you damage an enemy guard/pvp mob, it automatically flags you pvp until the 5 min cool down is able to reset. I found this out the hard way running my troll war through loch modan to badlands fighting the guards to get through the tunnel. I had no clue I was flagged until i passed the summon stone to Uldaman and a Dwarf pally 20 lvls higher decided to take a "risk" and jump me and then camp my corpse for half an hour (I didn't know at the time you could sit in ghost form until the pvp Cool down was up then rez) ie chain deaths until i got far enough to come up at the horde GY on the other side of zone.

Post by Pailong

I've never ran into these so called "bugs" in flagging. Most likely, the person did something that they either can't, or refuse, to remember. It's easy to miss buffing someone who's flagged, it's dually easy to fight a mob without realizing they're a flagged NPC.

If it's a bug, report it. And besides, it's not that big of a deal anyway. It's not like you get repair bills for getting slaughtered anyway.

Post by Ikari

I don't play on a PvE server, but does going near the PvP objectives flag you? The 3 towers in Hellfire and 2 in Zangarmarsh.

Post by Reidra

I don't play on a PvE server, but does going near the PvP objectives flag you? The 3 towers in Hellfire and 2 in Zangarmarsh.

If I remember right, it just says "You must be flagged to help capture this objective" and doesn't auto-flag you.

Post by kindofabuzz

ways to get flagged:

1.enter horde territory2.enter contested territory3.enter a battleground4.attack an enemy player5.cast a buff or heal a friendly player who is flagged6. (not sure about this one) Duel someone who is flagged for pvp.7.bug

for you i think its either5 or 7.

I've had an experience similar to #6.I was flagged, (don't remember why, probably just trying be cool or something stupid like that) and I requested a dual with some dude of the other faction who was not flagged. He accepted and he won. While my character was doing the kneeling animation that the loosers do, he hit me! My health was like 1 because I had just lost a duel, so it was a 1 hit kill. Fortunately there was a friendly 70 arond that avenged me. : )

That was pre-bc. actually it was some patch a few months before BC that they made it where you can't flag dueling a flagged character.

Post by crspyofarthas

ways to get flagged:

1.enter horde territory2.enter contested territory3.enter a battleground4.attack an enemy player5.cast a buff or heal a friendly player who is flagged6. (not sure about this one) Duel someone who is flagged for pvp.7.bug

for you i think its either5 or 7.

I've had an experience similar to #6.I was flagged, (don't remember why, probably just trying be cool or something stupid like that) and I requested a dual with some dude of the other faction who was not flagged. He accepted and he won. While my character was doing the kneeling animation that the loosers do, he hit me! My health was like 1 because I had just lost a duel, so it was a 1 hit kill. Fortunately there was a friendly 70 arond that avenged me. : )

Post by Mischieff

Carebears.

=P

Post by kindofabuzz

ways to get flagged:

1.enter horde territory2.enter contested territory3.enter a battleground4.attack an enemy player5.cast a buff or heal a friendly player who is flagged6. (not sure about this one) Duel someone who is flagged for pvp.7.bug

for you i think its either5 or 7.

I've had an experience similar to #6.I was flagged, (don't remember why, probably just trying be cool or something stupid like that) and I requested a dual with some dude of the other faction who was not flagged. He accepted and he won. While my character was doing the kneeling animation that the loosers do, he hit me! My health was like 1 because I had just lost a duel, so it was a 1 hit kill. Fortunately there was a friendly 70 arond that avenged me. : )